Avengers Now $260.5M Overseas: Could Reach $585M Worldwide Through Sunday With U.S., Canada, Russia, China Openings
EXCLUSIVE: My sources estimate the global juggernaut that is Marvels The Avengers from Disney
could close in on $160M when it opens in North America this weekend and $425M when it debuts in Russia and China for a possible total near $585M through Sunday. Even very conservative estimates put the worldwide total at $450M through Sunday when Joss Whedons actioner will be open in every movie territory except Japan. Yesterday alone
The Avengers made $42.3M overseas from 41 territories, bringing the total through Tuesday to $260.5M. Meanwhile, Fandango reports a surge in advance ticket sales for The Avengers which is scooping up 94% of todays pre-sales.
Marvels superhero ensemble is currently outpacing last summers blockbuster Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon at the same point in that films sales cycle. In an April survey on Fandango, the majority of moviegoers picked The Avengers as the most anticipated film of the summer. Some 66% of fans said they plan to see the pic on the big screen more than once. About 31% chose Iron Man as the films biggest draw, followed by The Hulk (23%); Thor (15%), and Captain America (12%). And 52% said Black Widow is the next Avengers character theyd like to see in a solo vehicle, followed by 35% for Hawkeye, and 13% for Nick Fury.
Overseas, Thailand & Singapore opened yesterday on their National Labor Day holiday and set not only the highest opening day in industry history, but also the highest grossing single day of all-time. New cumes to date include UK $29.8M, Mexico $27.0M, Australia $22.6M, France $19.7M, Brazil $18.8M.